Interested in holding a garage sale?

Each weekend there are at least a handful of garage/yard sales taking place in Oakley. These sales can be a great way of cleaning house, while making a little extra money for your family.  In the event you would like to hold a sale, we want to make you aware of some important regulations:

• No more than three (3) sales per calendar year may take place at the same address;
   
• Sales shall not exceed three (3) calendar days per event;
   
• Sales may operate only during daylight hours only;
   
• Signs announcing sales may NOT be posted in the public right-of-way or on any public property (this includes streets, landscaped medians; landscaped strips along roadways, on telephone poles, power poles, street lights, street signs, City trees, or on sidewalks or curbs);
   
• Signs may be placed on private property WITH permission of the property owner; and
   
• All signs must be removed at the conclusion of the sale. Any signs placed on utility poles, traffic lights, traffic signs, street signs, fire hydrants or trees will be removed and the cost for removal and any damage caused by the sign will be charged to the person sponsoring the garage sale.

There have been many instances of signs illegally placed on public property and not even removed afterwards.  Be advised, that Code Enforcement Officers can cite you for illegally posted signs and can charge you the cost of recovery and any damage caused to City property.  The irony of the illegal signs is that the violator is guiding Code Enforcement to his or her address.

To encourage compliance with Code regulations on signage and to help minimize the need for signs, the City does offer a FREE community service for any resident wishing to post a garage sale notice on the City's web site.

The City of Oakley does not endorse or support any sale posted on these pages, but the posting does provide a convenient place for people to know where the sales are taking place.

GARAGE SALE NOTICE GUIDELINES AND REGULATIONS

Any person who wishes to have a garage/yard sale posted on the City Oakley’s official web site shall be subject to the following rules and regulations:

• Garage sale notices will not be available for commercial or industrial advertising, advertising of in-home business or homes for sale, or political fundraiser information
   
• Garage sale notices must be submitted to the City for content review at least one week prior to requested posted date. Garage sale notice requests are subject to City Manager approval. The City reserves the right to edit, remove or reject any submitted garage sale notice request.
  
  Notices should only be 1-3 lines long and contain the address, cross street, and brief description of items for sale (ie: kid's clothing, toys, books, movies, tools, and furniture)
   
• There will be a limit of three garage sale notices request per year per household
   
• A contact person, address and phone number must be provided with all requests, as well as the date of the sale
   
• Please make sure the information is concise and accurate before submitting. Edits, additions or changes may not be able to be performed in a timely manner.
   
• Sale cancellation requests need to be received well in advance of the sale to ensure their deletion from the site. Last minute cancellations may result in the sale still running posted on the web

To submit  your  garage sale listing for review, please email the listing to: garagesalelist@ci.oakley.ca.us. You will receive an email that it has been accepted.

For a listing of the garage sales in Oakley, please see the related tab for the month you are interested in. Thank you and happy shopping.